The Effect of Oat Based Breakfast Cereals on Satiety and Food Intake. (Quaker A)

Frank Greenway

Status: Completed

Conditions: Satiety; Food Intake

Treatments: Other: Breakfast Test Cereal 1, Oat based; Other: Ready-to-eat cereal; Other: Breakfast Test Cereal 2, Oat-based

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT01666561

PBRC 12029 (Period 1)

Details and patient eligibility

About

To test the hypothesis that two 40 gm serving of Oat-based breakfast cereals compared to an equicaloric amount of a ready-to-eat Oat-based breakfast cereal will give greater satiety over the 4 hour period following breakfast.

Full description

The subjects will be randomly assigned to one of these three breakfasts and then given a Visual analogue scales of hunger and satiety which will be completed at baseline, 30, 60, 120, 180, and 240 minutes. Subjects will return on 2 other days separated by at least a week to repeat the breakfast test.

Enrollment: 48 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18 years of age or older and are healthy.
• Taking no regular medications other than birth control or hormone replacement therapy.
• Are willing to use an effective method of birth control if you are capable of bearing children. Acceptable methods include abstinence, barrier methods, intrauterine devices, and hormonal methods of contraception.

Exclusion criteria

• Are a woman who is pregnant or nursing a baby.
• Have gained or lost 8.8 pounds or more in the last 3 months.
• Have diabetes or a fasting blood sugar over 126 mg/dL.
• Have a score of 14 or greater on the restraint scale of the 3-factor eating questionnaire (a questionnaire which will be given to you by the study staff).
• Are allergic to oats, lactose-free milk, Honey Nut Cheerios or oatmeal.

Trial design

48 participants in 3 patient groups

Breakfast Test Cereal 1, Oat based

Experimental group

Description:

Test cereal 1, Oat based breakfast cereal- you will be randomly presented with a breakfast consisting of either: Oat-based breakfast cereal with lactose-free, fat-free milk to drink or ready-to-eat cereal in lactose-free, fat -free milk with water to drink. Then you will complete a visual analog scale at 30, 60, 120. 180, and 240 minutes following the start of breakfast meal.

Treatment:

Other: Breakfast Test Cereal 1, Oat based

Other: Ready-to-eat cereal

Other: Breakfast Test Cereal 2, Oat-based

Breakfast Test Cereal 2, Oat-based

Experimental group

Description:

Test Cereal 2, Oat-based breakfast cereal. You will be randomly presented with a breakfast consisting of either: Oat-based breakfast cereal with lactose-free, fat-free milk to drink or ready-to-eat oat brand cereal in lactose-free, fat -free milk with water to drink. Then you will complete a visual analog scale at 30, 60, 120. 180, and 240 minutes following the start of breakfast meal.

Treatment:

Other: Breakfast Test Cereal 1, Oat based

Other: Ready-to-eat cereal

Other: Breakfast Test Cereal 2, Oat-based

Ready-to-eat cereal

Experimental group

Description:

Ready-to-eat cereal, Oat based breakfast cereal- you will be randomly presented with a breakfast consisting of either: one Oat-based breakfast cereal with lactose-free, fat-free milk to drink or ready-to-eat cereal in lactose-free, fat -free milk with water to drink. Then you will complete a visual analog scale at 30, 60, 120. 180, and 240 minutes following the start of breakfast meal.

Treatment:

Other: Breakfast Test Cereal 1, Oat based

Other: Ready-to-eat cereal

Other: Breakfast Test Cereal 2, Oat-based